Abilities Venti in Pembroke Pines, Florida presented a year's worth of accomplishments at the 2014 FL SAND Conference in Orlando. This regional group is a part of Florida Self-Advocates Network'd for people with disabilities advocating inclusion within the State of Florida.

1. ABILITIES VENTI 2014

2. In January 2014, Abilities Venti held a
successful fundraiser with David Roth
David also began selling our “Label Jars…”
t-shirts and donating a portion of the sales
to Abilities Venti

3. Our President, Mary Jo Pirone, won the
Idelio Valdez Self-Advocacy Award
and was invited to receive it in Tallahassee
March 18, 2014. She spoke of the challenges
and rewards of self-advocacy

4. Per Carol Rudinsky’s suggestion,
we ordered pink t-shirts with the
breast cancer ribbon to sell at the
Expo. We asked a higher price for
the shirts and donated the
difference to Memorial Hospital
Breast Cancer Awareness. We
raised money for us and were
able to donate to a good cause.
Disability Expo October 11, 2014

5. Family Café, June 2014
Abilities Venti Board attended
Family Café this year and looks forward to selling our
t-shirts there next year

6. Our 2013/2014 Board
with Princess Holland

7. When Princess resigned we joyfully
invited Indya Barnes to join the board

8. We are excited to bring David Roth to
the FL SAND Conference to help us
write an anthem and entertain us with
a concert. Please join us at 4:15 to
participate in writing our song

9. We have started
planning our 2nd
Annual David
Roth Fundraiser
2015